In some ways, Conor McGregor’s relationship with the UFC has never felt more fraught. He’s threatened retirement before, he’s been suspended before, he’s even made a prior run to boxing (one that got the UFC a whole bunch of money in the process). But at this moment, it truly seems that he and Dana White aren’t seeing eye to eye.
“Everybody here knows — even the ladies — this is some man code stuff,” White told the press after UFC 253, when asked about Conor McGregor’s recent decision to share texts between he and Dana White showing their recent negotiations.